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Hi,
Well kinda old cpus completely out of date and luck they both aged well.
Therefore im asking if i should replace my q6600 with a q8400 because im getting it for free from my friend.
So should i change it or not because i've heard cpu cache help it ...8vs4mb
or will it boost some fps in games like watch dogs 2 csgo battlefield 1 farcry 5 and some other old games ?
Kindly help me decide which one would be fine.
Thanks!
I've a 1050 2gb.
Note:I dont have money for PCs ATM..so please dont tell me to go for something new.

Hi,
Well kinda old cpus completely out of date and luck they both aged well.
Therefore im asking if i should replace my q6600 with a q8400 because im getting it for free from my friend.
So should i change it or not because i've heard cpu cache help it ...8vs4mb
or will it boost some fps in games like watch dogs 2 csgo battlefield 1 farcry 5 and some other old games ?
Kindly help me decide which one would be fine.
Thanks!
I've a 1050 2gb.
Note:I dont have money for PCs ATM..so please dont tell me to go for something new.

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I have a lot of these older Dells and it really depends on the model number. From what I can tell with some quick searches, this is a Optiplex 755, which had some limitations depending on the form factor with the tower able to take most anything processor-wise that was <95w.

Great

Sorry for being late but my friend said he will give me the cpu tomorrow so we have to wait tho he said it will be supported in your system.He had E8400 in his system then later he upgraded to a Q8400..
Thanks for the time guys i highly appreciate it..
I will post the result tomorrow for sure.

That is true for the B3 stepping, which has a 105W TDP while the G0 stepping has a TDP of 95W. The Q6600 is 65nm (older) while the q8400 (45nm) is newer. Some really old LGA775 boards (before 2007/8) have a great chance that it will not be supported. Some manufacturers can hardware "lock" the BIOS to prevent upgrades.

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